. >> that was an egyptian protester speaking with nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. joining me, an egyptian activist and columnist. and associate professor of middle eastern politics at the university of oklahoma. i want to start with you. you're living in egypt now. you've been very involved in the protests from the beginning. what gets 14 million people in the streets, like why is everyone so angry, and why, and maybe this shows my own ignorance, but it seems kind of all the sudden that this has sparked. explain to me why we saw a galvanized action. >> mohamed morsi has spent the last year since elected to president during this transitional period, at every step. last november, tremendous powers to himself that allowed him to rush through a constitution that is utterly horrendous and incredibly unfair to the revolution and the egyptians that paid with their lives for this revolution. he consistently attacked his opponents. he sent to jail, in detention, activists. he's even hounded comedians like yusef who is described as the jon stewart of egypt. he made it imposs